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After the death of his third wife, Jane Seymour, Henry VIII (1491 - 1547) was eventually persuaded to marry again, but this fourth wife, Anne of Cleves (1515 - 1557) was chosen via a portrait Henry had commissioned from Hans Holbein. When he saw her in the flesh, on New Year's Day 1540, he was extremely unhappy with her appearance, (apparently he called her "the Flanders Mare", although to be fair, she did not look like a horse!). Henry went ahead and married Anne on 6 January 1540, but refused to consummate the marriage, so eventually this was annulled nearly 5 months later. But at least Anne of Cleves was "paid off" and did not lose her head. She received a generous divorce settlement and remained on good terms with the king. Anne died in 1557, with declining health.
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∙ 14y agoWhen Henry VIII eventually met Anne of Cleves prior to their wedding in 1540, he was not impressed by her looks, and was angry because he felt she had been portrayed as being fair, when she was not. However, he went ahead with the marriage, but found he could not consummate it as he was repelled by Anne. He referred to her as a 'Flanders mare'.
Realising that he could not stay married to this woman, he decided to divorce her, and the marriage was annulled because of non-consummation and also because Anne had a previous, unfulfilled, marriage contract. She did get a generous settlement however, including Richmond Palace and Hever Castle (the old home of the Boleyn family). She never remarried.
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII - film - was created in 1973.
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